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Cactus Opinion: French & Surfing course in Biarritz

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Staff Opinion

Alex Wolfson, Language Travel Advisor for Cactus Language, tells us about his French & Surfing course in Biarritz (Oct 07)

Biarritz is a strange clash of cultures. On the one hand you have the sophistication of the “Atlantic Riviera” and the area around Grand Plage is packed with grand hotels, expensive fashionable boutiques with gourmet food [...]

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Tags: biarritz, france, french, language course, surfing

Cactus Opinion: Portuguese course in Lisbon

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Staff Opinion

Stephanie Bon, Language Travel Advisor for Cactus Language, tells us about her Portuguese Course in Lisbon (Oct 07)

When I decided to take a Portuguese course, I was hesitating between going back to Brazil, which I already know and love, and going to discover Portugal. Brazil was more tempting for obvious reasons but in the end [...]

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Tags: language course, portugal, portuguese

Cactus Opinion: A Taste of German in Berlin

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Staff Opinion

Alex Wolfson, Language Travel Advisor for Cactus Language, gives us his thoughts on the language school and city of Berlin, Germany (Feb 07)

If you want to take a language holiday in a vibrant, buzzing city and you are interested in the 20th century, Berlin is for you.
Where do you start with such an important city? [...]

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Tags: berlin, german, german course, germany

Cactus Opinion: A Taste of English in Ireland

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Staff Opinion

Stephanie Bon, Language Travel Advisor for Cactus Language, tells us about her visit to our English language schools in Ireland: Galway, Dublin & Cork (Feb 07)

Before I visited Ireland earlier this year, my idea of it was very stereotypical: I thought it was going to be grey and rainy, with unfriendly people speaking to me [...]

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Tags: cork, dublin, english, english course, galway, ireland

10 things to look for in a language holiday

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Learning a language

Unless you’re a seasoned language learner, taking the plunge to take a language course can be a daunting experience. How do you know which school and course is right for you? What may be right for one person may not necessarily be right for you, so it’s good to do a bit of research beforehand. [...]

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Tags: language course abroad, language holiday

Great Wall of China

Posted by Brian under Cactus Languages Abroad

Just seen these amazing photos of the Great Wall of China on the Gadling website: http://www.gadling.com/photos/the-real-and-forbidden-great-wall/619825/ and recommend you take a look.
Just 2 minutes browsing the photos is a powerful visual comment on the Republic of China, and what it stands for past and present.
The link above is to one particular photo that I enjoyed. The [...]

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Tags: china, chinese

Girls Aloud Can’t Speak French

Posted by Lucy under Language Courses UK

And neither can I! Which is why I’m going to bite the bullet and get myself signed-up to an evening French course in Brighton. It’s been a long while since I studied the language at GCSE and I’ve really wanted to pick it up again. After travelling around France last summer on holiday, [...]

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Tags: french lessons, girls aloud

Learning German in Brighton - week 6

Posted by tristan under German, Language Courses UK

Back in the class and back to the books. Seems last week they covered buildings and shops and talking about things when you are out in the street. We are now at Lektion drei, Übung dreizen or Chapter 3, Section 13. We have covered talking about what job someone does and listening to a conversation, [...]

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Tags: brighton, evening class, german, languagecoursesuk

Cactus clients get creative in writing competition…

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, French, German, Italian, Learning a language, Spanish

Cactus’ new year challenge for its clients was to get the creative juices flowing! We asked our clients to write a brief piece about why they would like to take a language course in one of five selected locations (Sorrento, Madrid, Nice, Berlin or Rabat), the winner of each category to be rewarded with a free 1-week language course [...]

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Tags: arabic, berlin, course, french, german, italian, language, madrid, nice, rabat, sorrento, spanish

Why it’s worth learning just the basics of a language

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Learning a language

Tedious verb tables, repetitive text-book exercises with Xavier et Nicole, embarrassing mistakes in front of your mates on a day-trip to Boulogne…the average Brit does not have fond memories of learning a language at school, and picking one up many years later can seem hugely daunting. You’re never going to be fluent, so what’s the [...]

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Tags: french, german, italian, language, learn, spanish